History repeats itself as Carlos Rodon squanders Yankees lead in loss to Giants

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.It happened again.Carlos Rodón had expressed frustration after his last start about the amount of walks he was giving up.

Compounding those free passes was the damage that often followed them, and history repeated itself again on Sunday afternoon to blemish another outing.After at times looking dominant into the sixth inning, Rodón issued a walk right before giving up a second home run to Jung Hoo Lee, this one a three-run shot that squandered a Yankees lead and led to a 5-4 loss to the Giants in The Bronx.On a day when he struck out eight and allowed just three hits, Rodón was once again left to pick up the pieces of a frustrating loss as the Yankees (8-7) dropped the rubber game of the series to the Giants (11-4).Jazz Chisholm Jr.snapped an 0-for-24 skid by drilling a home run to lead off the eighth inning that pulled the Yankees within 5-4, but that was as close as they would get.The Yankees led 3-1 entering the sixth inning, with Rodón having looked sharp through the first five while allowing just two baserunners, one being Lee’s solo shot in the fourth.No.

9 hitter Christian Koss led off with a slow roller to shortstop that Anthony Volpe charged and tried to backhand, only for it to roll under his glove.Rodón responded by striking out Heliot Ramos, but then walked Willy Adames on five pitches.The left-hander then had Lee in a 1-2 count, but threw a curveball that hung up at the top of the zone that Lee drilled for a three-run shot and the 4-3 lead.Last Monday in Detroit, Rodón was burned by walks to the Nos.

8 and 9 hitters (the latter on a questionable call) before giving up a three-run homer that changed the game.The start before that against the Diamondbacks, he led off the game with a walk and two batters later, got taken deep for a two-run shot.Through four starts this season, Rodón has walked 12 batters...